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Re: [udig-devel] Re: Info view oddities

Thanks Jody,
I added some nice questions for which I do not have a good answer. They
represent some problems I had on Linux. Maybe someone has an answer for
them.

Ciao
Andrea




Jody Garnett probaly wrote:
> Here is the page started:
> - http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/EN/Running+uDig
> 
> For the next release it will show up in online help Tasks > Running uDig
> 
> Jody
>> Hi Peter,
>> I will start a page, but since this is for the whole community I would
>> like to ask Jody or someone else to point me to thr ight place to start
>> on it. I will then take over the page and add the first issues.
>>
>> Andrea
>>
>>
>>
>> Peter N. Schweitzer probaly wrote:
>>  
>>> Andrea Antonello wrote:
>>>    
>>>> excuse me, but I don't understand very well and I'm interested since I
>>>> run on Linux and Udig freezes from time to time.
>>>> I assumed that it is because of the disabling of advanced graphics at
>>>> the begin.
>>>>
>>>> I would be very willing to create a wiki page with all the possible
>>>> linux related issues and how to solve them, if we are able to collect
>>>> the different problem.
>>>>       Ron Bentley probaly wrote:
>>>>      
>>>>> Solution to two uDig 1.1-RC10a installs on Debian Etch where one would
>>>>> not display the info view:
>>>>>
>>>>> Install Mozilla 1.7.12 *for GTK2 and Xft* from Mozilla's list of
>>>>> releases (http://www.mozilla.org/releases/).
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry to disturb the list -- must beat head longer before posting dumb
>>>>> questions.
>>>>>
>>>>> As a caution to others, though, the default "Iceape" package on Debian
>>>>> stable -- the re-branded Mozilla browser -- does not appear to work
>>>>> for
>>>>> the info viewer (though it works fine with the help).  The earlier
>>>>> mozilla-browser packages did (before Etch went stable).
>>>>>         
>>> Andrea,
>>>
>>> It would be a great service for you to start such a page.  Please let us
>>> know its address!
>>>
>>> Regarding the info window, I have the same problem; By installing
>>> seamonkey I can get help, but I don't ever get the info window.
>>>
>>> It seems to me that if uDig needs to invoke an external browser,
>>> then we will need to know how to build this browser, it's not a
>>> good idea to require that people run an out-of-date web browser.
>>> So perhaps what we need to write on the wiki page is the configure
>>> options to specify when building the browser from source.  Firefox would
>>> be the best choice if possible because it is most actively
>>> supported; mozilla itself has essentially stopped, continuing on
>>> as SeaMonkey.
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>     
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